V.P. Design
Lead and owned all design activities, worldwide, for a small startup in the social space. Grew the design team from 3 to 6 designers, along with a small number of contractors. Responsible for the overall strategy, vision, and design across all platforms. Implemented organizational changes and created new processes for efficiency and predictability. Lead both product and design teams from being behind development to a six-month lead time of new products, feautres, and innovations.
May 2020
- October 2020
Ancestry
Director, UX & Design
Lead a team of designers working on all products within the DNA space. Collaborated to bring forward a vision and help set the direction of new products and updates to existing products. Managed a team of 5-7 designers directly, while leading a much larger team, and collaborating with cross-functional partners and executive leaders. Empowering people to get results. Grew a product from 3M to 15M+ users while bringing new products to market. Fostered and grew a culture of innovation. Revamped DNA app for iOS and Android.
October 2016
- February 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
IDEAN
Design Lead
Lead multiple teams on projects, including managing a team of six interns and three direct reports. Served as Design Lead for a new consumer product for a large action camera company, working for 1.5 years to bring the product to market. Lead the design for a multi-user/size/input, software which helps teams work together better both remotely and colocated.
March 2015
- July 2016
San Francisco, California, United States
Interaction Designer
I designed a museum experience for the Bezos Center of Innovation in the Museum of History and Industry. I also designed a visitor's center experience for the Reunion Tower in Dallas. I design for uncommon computing through collaboration, experimentation, prototyping, and iteration with clients and teams.
October 2012
- February 2014
San Francisco, California, United States
Interaction Designer
Working for large corps, fortune 500 companies, and small startups, I designed mobile experiences for all types of smart phones, tablets, and tvs. Worked directly with clients and larger teams. Delivered artifacts from sketches and prototypes, to fully annotated wireframe documentation.
May 2011
- October 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
User Experience Designer
Designed and prototyped post Firefox 4 Home Tab. Researched the Firefox startup experience. Presented research results at large conference to rally open source developers. Designed lightweight sharing for quick implementation.
May 2010
- August 2010
Mountain View, California, United States
Assistant Web Developer
Designed and prototyped a campus-wide emergency system for IU. Created front-end code for multiple websites. Critiqued and implemented improvements to current websites.
January 2009
- August 2009
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Technical Intern - Design
Conducted several usability tests. Prototyped multiple screens for a hospital education administration system. Re-designed an entire patient facing entertainment and education system.
June 2008
- August 2008
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Web Developer and Designer
Responsible for the creation, maintenance, and coding of 13,500 pages, 85 sites. Programmed multiple pages and web applications in JavaScript, PHP, and ASP.
August 2006
- May 2008
Bloomington, Indiana, United States